Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Measure the effectiveness of detergent containing a UV-absorbing compound in blocking UV-A radiation. Use black light and UV detecting beads.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.